{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1934–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Les Duff | image = | caption = | image_size = 225px | played_for = '''''WHL'''''<br />Winnipeg Warriors<br />Vancouver Canucks<br />'''''AHL'''''<br />Pittsburgh Hornets<br />Hershey Bears<br />Rochester Americans<br />'''''CPHL'''''<br />Tulsa Oilers | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 165 | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|12|12}} | birth_place = Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada | death_date = 2025 (aged 90) | death_place = | career_start = 1955 | career_end = 1970 }}
'''Les Duff''' (December 12, 1934 – 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Between 1955 and 1970 he played 927 games in the American Hockey League (AHL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/records/minor_record.php |title=Minor record |access-date=12 April 2023|website=hockeydb.com}}</ref>
Duff won the Calder Cup five times during his playing career to share the record for most Calder Cups won with Bob Solinger, Fred Glover, and Mike Busniuk.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://theahl.com/story-of-the-calder-cup-s11571 | title=Story of the Calder Cup | access-date=July 10, 2014 | archive-date=September 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904183851/http://theahl.com/story-of-the-calder-cup-s11571 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Following his playing career, Duff worked 23 years with the Toronto Transit Commission before retiring. His brother is Hockey Hall of Famer Dick Duff.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://hersheybears.blogspot.ca/2006/09/les-duff.html |title = Hershey Bears Alumni: Les Duff}}</ref>
On November 5, 2025, it was announced that Duff had died at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amerks Mourn the Loss of Hall of Famer Les Duff |url=https://www.amerks.com/news/detail/amerks-mourn-the-loss-of-hall-of-famer-les-duff |access-date=24 January 2026 |publisher=Rochester Americans |date=5 November 2025}}</ref>
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